About

action statement

Campus Consent Culture is an educational platform and community being built to dismantle rape culture and action consent culture on campuses in post-secondary institutions across Canada. There is a continued need for all members of campus communities to understand the impacts of rape culture on all people, policies, and systems that we currently work within.

We have continued to take steps forwards, backwards, and sideways as sexual violence on campus becomes a more prominent topic point in our society. Regardless of our willingness to discuss the impacts of sexual violence, the policies, procedures, or reporting options, we know that people continue to experience harm within our institutions.

We have intentionally chosen a philosophy of ‘dismantling rape culture, actioning consent culture’ because both elements will be ongoing. Rape culture and consent culture will transform as we face new challenges, emerging technologies, and develop innovative supports in our society – and we must transform alongside them.

There should be no stagnation in our response to campus sexual violence, or to our attempts to understand, dismantle, and reject rape culture.

The Beginnings

This project began as the non-thesis project for our Founder, Niko, in her degree at McGill University. All of the resources and development have been built on a rigorous literature review process, and research completed by interviewing sexual violence advocates, student activists and leaders from post-secondary institutions across Canada and the United States.

Founded in 2025, Campus Consent Culture is a new community that will continue to evolve, grow, and change based on the needs of postsecondary communities and survivors.

our brand

campus
consent
culture

Choosing this name was important to set a tone of solution-forward intervention and prevention for sexual violence on campus. It's also understandable that 'rape culture' can be a much more jarring term for some folks, which is why we decided to build the brand based in consent culture.

Logos

There are a few different base logos for campus consent culture, including the varsity C, the word-based logo, and the varsity jacket.
The varsity letter and varsity jacket were chosen as a way to include the tradition of campus athletics, and challenge the narrative that athletes are perpetrators of sexual violence. All people on campus can experience and perpetuate sexual violence, and we must engage with folks from a variety of backgrounds to create community solutions.

about our founder

My name is Niko coady,

and I'm an intersectional feminist, survivor, & lover of innovative feminist ideas. I'm originally from Prince Edward Island, and I love spending time with loved ones, being by the ocean, Taylor Swift music, cheesy romance novels, and exploring new cafes. I have been working in gender-based and sexual violence prevention since 2016. I hold a Master’s in education & society (gender & women's studies focus) from McGill University, and a B.A. in gender studies and psychology from the University of New Brunswick, alongside a certificate in family violence issues. I am passionate about ending sexual violence on campus, specifically by creating spaces and policies that center the needs of survivors. My goal is to empower survivors, encourage understanding, and foster compassion through all of the work that I do.

niko's publications

A feminist future is not a utopia, published in The Feminist Word magazine, edited and produced by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. (available in both EN and FR)
Understanding Economic Abuse Tactics: Sabotage, Exploitation, and Control, published by the Canadian Center for Women's Empowerment.
Empowered and Forgotten, published in The Feminist Word magazine, edited and produced by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. (available in both EN and FR)
They Say I'm Resilient, published in the Peace Chronicle Magazine for the Peace & Justice Studies Association.
No Right Choices, published by Sexual Violence New Brunswick for Fredericton's Take Back the Night campaign.
Why Peace and Justice Studies Needs an Intersectional Lens, published in the Peace Chronicle Magazine for the Peace & Justice Studies Association.

Let’s Work Together

Get in touch with questions, proposals, or requests – and we'll get back to you as soon as you can!